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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

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But adherence to a framework or prescribed process does not guarantee agility. Adherence to a framework or prescribed process does not guarantee agility.”. I prefer a process-based definition of agility. Although we used Scrum teams for our investigation, these processes are generic enough to apply to Agile teams in general.

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Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

The program management processes should seek to reduce uncertainty in the variable of the project. If there is no process in place to reduce these variables, the probability of project success is reduced. 10 Deadly Sins of Software Estimation , Steve McConnell , Construx, 2002. "A 1, January 2011. "A 1, January 2011. "A

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Risk Management Resources

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Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 5, September/October 2011. México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006. De Meyer, C.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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This quote demonstrates a lack of understanding of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty and the processes and events that create uncertainty. There is naturally occurring variability from uncontrolled processes. Aleatory uncertainty is expressed as a process variability. First, let's establish a principle.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 5, September/October 2011. México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006. De Meyer, C.

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Without a Root Cause Analysis, No Corrective or Preventive Action is Credible - Part 1

Herding Cats

Root Cause is the fundamental initiating cause on a causal chain leading to a failure of a process which results in a recurrence of the problem. Root Cause Analysis is a systematic documented approach to arrive at the true Root Cause of the process problem. What Are Problem Causes of Software Projects? Lehtinen and Mika V.

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Basis of Estimating Software Development

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Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991. Estimating Software Costs: Bringing Realism to Estimating , Second Edition, Capers Jones, 2007. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art , Steve McConnell, Microsoft Press, 2015. Prentice Hall, 2000. IT Risk Management.